Chapter 48

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The mother and daughter duo who had finally arrived in their yard in the castle remained speechless as they saw Yue Shuang kicking in the air while listening to her big brother's advice.

"If the bad guy is too close to you, use your knee and kick him with all your strength. Use it only on bad guys understood? If you see that he hasn't collapsed continue kicking him okay?" Said Yue Yang to the little girl who was still kicking the air.

"Yes, big brother. I will use it on bad guys." Replied Yue Shuang happily.

"Good girl. Ok, let's continue."

Fourth mother wanted to stop Yue Yang from teaching the little girl such moves but seeing how excited and happy the little girl was she refrained herself from interrupting them.

She brought Yue Bing with her and sat on a bench in the yard. She then turned toward Yue Bing and asked. "Bing'er how was your adventure in the Tong Tian Tower?"

Yue Bing, who heard her mother's question was a little reluctant, but she told her about what happened to her there. While telling the story she was sad when she spoke about how she was treated by her so considered classmates and teachers but a smile that kept growing appeared on her face as she began telling about how her brother and his friends saved her and the things she experienced after that.

It saddened Fourth mother as she heard what her daughter had passed through and couldn't help but hug her and console her.

Yue Bing, who was in her mother's arms, felt so safe and relaxed that she ended up sleeping like that. On the other part of the yard, Yue Shuang who was tired after playing so much fell asleep in her brother's arm.

Holding the little girl in one hand, he picked up Yue Bing with the other as he took them to their rooms.

Before he entered the house fourth mother called him and said, "San'er after you put them in their rooms can you come here? I have something important to tell you."

"Okay, mother. I'll be back in no time."

After that, he entered the house. He then brought the two little girls to their rooms before he returned to the yard.

He sat near her as he waited for her to speak.

After a long silence between the two of them, she finally opened her mouth. "It's about your uncle..." She then began telling him about the poison and other things too. Yue Yang remained in silence the whole time as he already knew about all of this.

When she finally finished he said, "So that's why he didn't return after so many days. It was strange for the uncle to remain out for so long, now it's all clear. What about the woman who can cure him? Have you visited her yet?"

"I have already met her and talked a bit. She is a very good woman, and she really loves your uncle."

"So you want to share uncle with her?" Asked Yue Yang a little curious.

"These are choices for adults to make. Don't mention it anymore."

"Okay. What about Bing'er and Shuang'er should we tell them?"

Hearing that, fourth mother sighed heavily and said, "I wanted to tell her today but hearing what she has already been through I wasn't able to tell her. As for Shuang'er even if I tell her she wouldn't really understand."

After that, they had a conversation about trivial things in the afternoon. The two sleeping girls didn't wake up for dinner, so Fourth mother forced them to wake up and let them eat before sending them to bed again.

As for Yue Yang, he immediately went to meet Xiu'er. He had already missed her very much in these few days.

She was resting in her room, she didn't have time to react as Yue Yang dashed into her room and directly hugged her. "I missed you so much."

Xiu'er on the other hand smiled lightly before giving a thwack on his head before saying, "Haven't I visited you every night in your dream?"

"Hey, it's not the same thing."

He then chatted with her before returning to his room. After the tournament, she was going to continue his training.

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Yue Yang passed the next days before the tournament in the yard either playing with Yue Shuang or having mock battles with Yue Bing and teaching her battle techniques and martial arts suited for her and her beasts. If not that, he was being seen spending time with Xiu'er. After his return, his cousins never came here to flirt with Xiu'er but if they did he would have crippled them completely.

He had decided to give a suitable cultivation technique to Yue Bing after the tournament. Due to her constant training and clearing some quests, her grimoire had leveled up to Silver Rank Intermediate. She also leveled up to Level 3 [Hero] – Beginner.

Her Guardian beast Treant Warrior had also evolved into Hundred Years Old Treant Defender Bronze Ranked 5. Due to Yue Yang providing demons' bodies as fertilizers, Her Thorny flower also leveled up to Devil Mask Spitting Thorny Flower (Silver-Rank Level 1).

Yue Yang also helped her obtain Green Light Tree Demoness.

Green Light Tree Demoness: Humanoid element-type. Silver-ranked Level 1. Guardian Beast. Has an elemental body and connected to nature.

Special Skill: [Regenerate], [Green Rush], [Spirit Root].

He had advised her to only use Hundred Years Old Treant Defender in Clan Tournament.

On these days, no one came to disturb them and only Fifth grandfather came to play with little Shuang who liked to ride his deer and pull his white beard.

That was the only quiet place in the whole castle. As for the other places, there were busy people everywhere.

In every corner, one could see servants entering and leaving the castle while carrying things. The busier were the guards who were patrolling the castle without rest.

The younger generations of the Yue clan were meditating, training, or listening to their masters and parents' advice about how to use their relatives as stepping stones to shine and attract the attention of the royal family or the other major forces of the Da Xia Empire.

As the tournament day neared the busier, they became, and finally; the day arrived.

The servants who were assigned to take care of the important guests were already at the castle door waiting for them to arrive.

In no time, the whole area around the arena was filled with many people.

After that, Yue Hai entered the arena to make some discourse before he officially started the clan new year tournament.

The first rounds were the preliminaries. Since these were only preliminaries the battles were not very heated and people weren't paying attention to them but for the members of the outer clan, it was not another story.